Email Author ROBERT WILONSKY

2008 Stories by ROBERT WILONSKY

• Jeffrey Katzenberg's Cure-All for an Ailing Movie Economy, In All Three Dimensions

  published December 25, 2008

  Coming (at You) SoonJeffrey Katzenberg’s cure-all for an ailing movie economy, in all three dimensionsAs far... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Our Critics Rate the Best Movies of 2008

  published December 25, 2008

  Critical MassThe best movies of 2008Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Something in the water? Or is it just the way... More >>

• Tom Cruise Plots to Kill Hitler in 'Valkyrie,' His Latest Impossible Mission

  published December 25, 2008

  Risky BusinessTom Cruise plots to kill Hitler in Valkyrie, his latest impossible missionClaus Philipp... More >>

• 'Yes Man' Repackages Jim Carrey's Greatest Hits, Which Maybe Weren't So Great to Start With

  published December 18, 2008

  Just Say NoYes Man repackages Jim Carrey’s greatest hits, which maybe weren’t so great to start... More >>

• Darnell Martin Spins Blues Into Lies in 'Cadillac Records'

  published December 4, 2008

  Spinning Blues Into LiesCadillac Records can’t handle the truthFirst, a key spoiler: Cadillac... More >>

• Director Marc Forster Has a License to Confuse and Bore in the New Bond Flick 'Quantum of Solace'

  published November 13, 2008

  Neither Shaken Nor StirredMarc Forster has a license to confuse and bore in Quantum of... More >>

• 'Role Models' Is Smarter and Bawdier Than Your Average Boys-to-Men Movie

  published November 6, 2008

  Big DaddiesRole Models is smarter and bawdier than your average boys-to-men movie Paul Rudd... More >>

• Kevin Smith Blows His Wad With 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

  published October 30, 2008

  Strictly SoftcoreKevin Smith blows his wad with Zack and Miri Make a Porno Ostensibly,... More >>

• New York Cop Drama 'Pride and Glory' Holds the Audience Hostage

  published October 23, 2008

  We Rent the NightNew York cop drama Pride and Glory holds the audience hostage Pride and... More >>

• Mediocre Madness: 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People,' 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'

  published October 2, 2008

  Buy the BookTwo mediocre adaptations by two directors who really should have known better There are... More >>

• Film Adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Novel 'Choke' Could Use the Heimlich

  published September 25, 2008

  Sex CrimeFilm adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Choke could use the Heimlich... More >>

• Ricky Gervais Sees Dead People, and They Bring Him to Life in 'Ghost Town'

  published September 18, 2008

  He Sees Dead PeopleAnd they bring Ricky Gervais to life in Ghost Town It takes a good while... More >>

• Full of Itself and Not Half As Funny As It Thinks It Is, 'Hamlet 2' Is Simply Tragic

  published August 21, 2008

  Not to BeFull of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic... More >>

• Rainn Wilson Comedy 'The Rocker' Is More Childish Pop Than Hardcore Funny

  published August 21, 2008

  Schoolhouse RockRainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hardcore funnyThe Rocker bears the... More >>

• Ben Stiller's Hollywood Send-up 'Tropic Thunder' Lacks Firepower

  published August 14, 2008

  Apocalypse Whatever Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower Ben Stiller, who hasn't directed a feature... More >>

• The True Bromance of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogan's 'Pineapple Express'

  published August 7, 2008

  True Bromance Rogen and Franco, madly in love in Pineapple Express On the surface, Pineapple... More >>

• California-Wine-History Saga 'Bottle Shock' Isn't Quite Ripe

  published August 7, 2008

  Not Quite Ripe Send it back: Bottle Shock's corked Bottle Shock, which debuted at the Sundance... More >>

• Brendan Fraser Falls Into a Deep, Deep Hole in 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'

  published July 10, 2008

  Going Down Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth Let's be clear about... More >>

• 'Hancock' Squanders Potential Greatness With Lame Humor, Half-Baked Hero

  published July 3, 2008

  Superzero Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero The Sixth... More >>

• 'WALL-E' Blasts Off to the Future By Boldly Going Where Sci-Fi Movies Have Gone Before

  published June 26, 2008

  Robots in Love WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good... More >>

• 'The Incredible Hulk' Becomes the Not-Terrible Hulk Under Ed Norton and Director Louis Leterrier

  published June 12, 2008

  The Not-Terrible Hulk In the shadow of Iron Man, the latest from Marvel can't live up to its billing More >>

• 'The Happening' Serves Up Effective, Chilling, Occasionally Wrenching Nonsense

  published June 12, 2008

  What a bunch of nonsense—effective nonsense, chilling nonsense, occasionally wrenching nonsense, but nonsense nonetheless. This is... More >>

• Tae Kwon Do Comedy 'The Foot Fist Way' Stars a Truly Cringe-Tastic Danny McBride

  published May 29, 2008

  Kick Ass Tae kwon do comedy The Foot Fist Way stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride More >>

• 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Is Its Own Temple of Doom

  published May 22, 2008

  Indiana Jones and the Fortress of Sad Decline Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a... More >>

• Patrick Dempsey Tries to Win Over His Engaged Gal Pal Michelle Monaghan in 'Made of Honor'

  published May 1, 2008

  Here Comes the Bride. Yawn McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend's Made of Honor... More >>